In a new post for Nature Communities, Media Lab researchers Robert Mahari and Alex Berke, and alum Dana Calacci, discuss their recent paper published in Nature Scientific Data (Nature Portfolio). The paper presents a crowdsourced dataset of Amazon purchase histories from American consumers, published with the participants' informed consent. Consumer purchase histories—which are routinely collected, leveraged, and sold by digital platforms—are rich sources of information that are usually inaccessible to researchers. This work, the authors write in Nature Communities, “sheds light on how large-scale and responsible data crowdsourcing methods can help collect valuable data from online platforms.” https://lnkd.in/gnFgTth3
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Watch: Professor Pattie Maes, head of the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group, joins former Media Lab Professor John Maeda in the Cozy AI Kitchen! Professor Maes tells Dr. Maeda that she believes the goal of AI research shouldn't be to make machines that surpass or replace humans—it should be to create tools that help people make better decisions. “The human context matters a lot,” she says. “We have to think a lot more carefully about how we design the interaction between people and AI.”
Mr. Maeda's Cozy AI Kitchen - Evolution of Agents with Pattie Maes
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Save your seat for August 6! 🗓️ Join MIT Jameel World Education Lab to explore the revolutionary potential of AI-powered education with MIT RAISE Dir. Cynthia Breazeal, the founder of Day of AI. Don't miss the conversation: https://bit.ly/4c3xHbU #AI #AIEducation #ArtificialIntelligence #Education #Learning #Teaching #DayOfAI #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation
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At 11am ET on 7/31, tune into the livestream of the 2024 Summer Middle School Zero Robotics Final Competition! Co-led by Prof. Danielle Wood, the Media Lab's Space Enabled research group, and the @Innovation Learning Center, the Zero Robotics program gives middle school educators and students the opportunity to program the NASA Astrobee robot on the International Space Station (ISS). This year, more than 700 students tackled a game challenge called "Lost in Space.” For the fictional game scenario, participants asked the Astrobee robot to help rescue an astronaut after the ISS was struck by space debris. As part of the game and coding strategy, the MIT team is demonstrating the ability for Astrobee to recognize hand gestures from American Sign Language. This year, five high school interns helped support the Zero Robotics program; these five interns were sponsored by Media Lab director's fellow Jaylen Brown's nonprofit, The 7uice Foundation.
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Media Lab researchers Shayne Longpre and Robert Mahari talk to MIT Technology Review about findings by researchers from Oxford and other institutions, showing that the output of AI models trained on AI-generated content degrades over time.
AI trained on AI garbage spits out AI garbage
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"Memory is of utmost importance, and I want to keep my memory for as long as I can," - a resilient 78-year-old woman who, after losing her husband in a hit-and-run accident, now lives alone. As I concluded the 5th pilot test at her home and listened to the many stories of other older adults, it became clear: a shared desire to remain independent, safe, and age in place within their own homes. This past year at MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group, I had the opportunity to create "MemPal", a wearable system to improve the lives of our world's aging population experiencing cognitive decline. Incredibly grateful for this fulfilling experience and the support of my mentor Samantha Chan, P.I. Dr. Pattie Maes, and everyone who was a part of this journey. Stay tuned for more updates! "At some point everyone is going to need a MemPal" - Paul (96 years old) Jimmy Day, Wazeer Zulfikar, Christine Xu, Scott Ren, Arnav Kapur, Rachel Park, Nigel Norman, Thanawit "Tae" Prasongpongchai, Adan Abu Naaj, Aditya Suri, Cecilia Nafkoor #techforgood #healthcareinnovation #aginginplace #memory #wearables
MemPal is a wearable, voice-based memory assistant for older adults. Developed by researchers in the Fluid Interfaces group, the device helps users find lost objects and remember past actions, which supports safe and independent living at home and reduces caregiver burden. Research Team: Natasha M., Samantha Chan, Pattie Maes Videography: Jimmy Day, Cecilia Nafkoor More information at https://lnkd.in/gvZabanq
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Through March 2025, the Museum of Science is hosting the Innovation: Earth exhibition as part of its year-long EarthShot programming, and the MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project is one of the exhibits! Led by Naroa Coretti Sánchez, a researcher in the Media Lab's City Science group, this project aims to bring the convenience of on-demand mobility to bike sharing, by allowing users to call for a bike through an app and have it drive autonomously to wherever they are. Then, it would be ridden just like a regular bike and return to autonomous mode when their trip is done.
MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project at the Museum of Science – MIT Media Lab
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Saturday morning, enjoy a conversation between Mission Unstoppable host Miranda Cosgrove and Media Lab Director Dava Newman! “Engineering is all about iterative design and failing," Director Newman says. "I’m probably going to fail eight times…that ninth time or tenth time? I’m gonna nail it.” Check your local CBS listings for details.
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Light Sculptures is a series of artworks by Dexter Callender that transform the movement of light into sculptures made of glass. Callender, a student in the Media Lab’s Future Sketches research group, photographs light moving through architectural spaces and uses computer vision to transform that light into three-dimensional forms. https://lnkd.in/geGmKDvh Video: Jimmy Day/MIT Media Lab
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MemPal is a wearable, voice-based memory assistant for older adults. Developed by researchers in the Fluid Interfaces group, the device helps users find lost objects and remember past actions, which supports safe and independent living at home and reduces caregiver burden. Research Team: Natasha M., Samantha Chan, Pattie Maes Videography: Jimmy Day, Cecilia Nafkoor More information at https://lnkd.in/gvZabanq